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What does it mean?
Even if all physical reality vanished, existence would remain within the divine.
In plain terms
If the universe ended, everything would still exist in Thee.
What can you take from it?
Divine existence transcends physical reality.

Where it applies

  • spiritual contemplation
  • philosophical inquiry
  • comfort in loss

Putting it to work

  • meditation
  • theological study

Questions to consider

  • What exists beyond the physical?
  • Where do you find permanence?

Another view

This assumes a singular divine entity exists.

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